﻿Braziland#039s World Cup exit: Worse than 1950 trauma?

RIO DE JANEIRO- Brazilians cried, cursed their president and covered their faces in shame after their beloved football teamand#039s humiliating 7-1 thrashing by Germany in the World Cup semi-finals Tuesday.

After the fifth goal, well before half-time, hundreds of people left their expensive seats at the stadium in the southeastern city of Belo Horizonte.

A section of the crowd chanted obscenities against the players and President Dilma Rousseff, who during the cup had mostly enjoyed a reprieve from protests over the record $11 billion spent to host the tournament.

The tears began well before the final whistle, with the third German goal in the first half causing children and adults to start bawling in the stadium and in public screenings across the continent-sized nation.

As people streamed out, police reinforced security inside and around the stadium, but no incidents were reported there.

Others around the country shouted at their televisions and abandoned public screenings as the Selecao suffered the biggest defeat of its 100-year history.

and#034Neymar must be vomiting at home watching this disaster. The horror,and#034 said Marina Genova, 54, watching at a popular bar district in Sao Paulo, referring to Braziland#039s injured star.

Amid the deluge of goals, a downpour only added to the already gloomy mood of thousands of fans in Braziland#039s canary-yellow jersey at the official and#034Fan Festand#034 on Rio de Janeiroand#039s Copacabana beach.

Two dozen fans scuffled, forcing police to intervene.

In Sao Paulo, several buses were torched in a parking lot but police could not confirm whether the attack was linked to the defeat.

Brazilians were already concerned about the teamand#039s chances after Neymar broke a vertebra in the quarter-final victory over Colombia.

But they never thought it would be this bad.

and#034This is a terrible match and Brazil without Neymar are terrible. I hate this match. Itand#039s embarrassing to lose like this,and#034 said Beth Araujo, 24, a biology student.

and#034The only good thing is I think it will affect President Dilma in the election. But all our politicians are even worse than the team,and#034 she said.

Rousseff said she was and#034very sadand#034 and and#034sorryand#034 about the result.

and#039Shame of Shamesand#039

Brazil had hoped to exorcise the ghost of its defeat to Uruguay in the 1950 World Cup final in Rio de Janeiro, a national trauma dubbed the and#034Maracanazoand#034 because it was played in the Maracana Stadium.

Jessica Santos, a 23-year-old photo student, was taking the massacre in stride.

and#034The cup is back in Brazil for the first time in 64 years so of course weand#039ll cheer until the end,and#034 she said. and#034If Brazil wins, we party, if Brazil loses, we still party. It would have been worse to lose to Argentina in the final.and#034

Others turned to social media jokes to ease the pain, posting pictures of Rioand#039s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue covering its face in shame — or even replaced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Itand#039s a disaster

The insults against Rousseff, who is seeking re-election in October, showed that tensions remain following massive demonstrations that rocked the country last year when Brazilians demanded better health care and education.

Some Brazilians have voiced concerns that Braziland#039s failure to win the World Cup could spark more protests and clashes.

and#034Itand#039s a disaster. It will be chaos. People will break everything. Theyand#039re going to be furious,and#034 said Karina Marques, a 17-year-old footballer who watched the game at a street screening in Rio attended by 30,000 people.

At a squatter camp of homes made of wooden planks outside Brasilia, people turned off their televisions in disgust before the end.

In tears, Maria Jose Costa Almeida, 35, asked: and#034Why spend so much on stadiums, bring the cup to Brazil, to win nothing?and#034

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